Our Staff

Samantha

Store Manager - Nixa Location

How long have you been with the company? – I have been full-time with PetsWay since 2015. I worked at the original store on S. Campbell when I was promoted to the management team. I became Assistant Manager at the Sunshine location and then was promoted to Store Manager. When the Nixa store opened I asked to move there as I had recently moved to Nixa.

Claire

Store Manager - Battlefield Location

How long have you been with the company? I was hired as a sales associate on April, 1 2010 (lol yes April Fool’s Day) and shortly after got the honor of being promoted to Store Manager in May/June 2011.

What pets do you have? For pets I have a dog named Zappa, a cat named Luna, my daughter has a Blackberry Dwarf hamster named Nibbles, and 2 fish tanks.

What is your favorite thing about working at Petsway? I don’t have one particular thing that is my favorite about working here, it’s a combination of many things really. Being an animal lover growing up and always bringing stray animals home and begging my mom to let me keep them, it just made sense for me to try to get a job here. Since being hired I’ve realized this is a great company to work for where I really matter to the important people and am not just a number as with a lot of other companies and corporations. Each day brings something new and different. But really it all comes down to all the many many customers I have developed relationships with and helped throughout the years, regardless if they are repeat loyal customers that I know on a first name basis or just the ones who are from out of town that pass through once. They all matter to me and make a difference in my life. It has been a very rewarding experience to educate and help customers find solutions and keep their pets happy and healthy, as well as them being my educators at the same time constantly teaching me things I didn’t know and expanding my knowledge.

Tim

Store Manager - Glenstone Location

How long have you been with the company? I started with PetsWay in 2001.

What pets do you have? I have 2 dogs, Oreo and Rascal and a cat, Artemis.

What is your favorite thing about working at Petsway? My favorite thing is the interaction with the customers and what kind of pets they have. In the time I have worked at PetsWay I have seen monkeys, skunks, goats, cats, dogs and even a pig that came in to use our dog wash.

Damon

Store Manager - Poplar Bluff

How long have you been with the company? I started with PetsWay in October 2010.

What pets do you have? I have a 9yr old blue merele Great Dane whose name is Pebbles, also goes by Pooboo. A 10yr Shepard mix that we rescued on the side of the road as a pup. Her name is Cleo. I have a cat named Trouble and another named Mamma Mia. I have two cockatiels, one named Oliver the other is named Anna. As well as a blueberry dwarf hamster named Eva. Also two parakeets one named Yellow the other Mario. A rabbit named Fonzi and a Betta named Blue. Several saltwater fish, including a pufferfish named Squishy.

What is your favorite thing about working at Petsway? I love working with all the different animals and learning how to take care of them. Being able to pass that information on to my customers so that they can take care of them as well as they can.

Karen

Store Manager – Affton, MO

How long have you been with the company? I have been at the PetsWay store in Affton since 2014 when it opened. I was the first Assistant Manager at this store and became the second Store Manager. I will be changing locations to manage our newest PetsWay store in St. Peters, MO at 32 Harvester Square. We are expecting to open in April 2018, so I will be transitioning between the 2 locations.